1. Single physical remote for all multimedia devices.
There are so many remotes in your Theater room or living room like Television, Set-top box, Music system, Blu-ray or DVD player, AC, Curtains, and others. It is very difficult to manage all these remotes by your elders or your parents. So you can merge all these remotes in a single remote. You can merge the remote of AC also in this single physical or logical remote.
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2. Single physical remote control for all lights and fans of your home.
There are so many companies available in the market nowadays. With the help of home automation, it is possible to control all the lights and fans from your mobile or physical remotes. So that elders can easily operate all the lights and fans while sitting on the sofa. They can make scenes or mood settings as per their requirements and they can operate multiple lights and fans in a single switch. If they want to leave that room then in a single click all the lights and fans get off. So it will be very easier to operate for your parents.
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3. Automatic lighting control and exhaust fan control in the elder’s bathroom and dressing area.
The motion sensor is a device that is widely used in so many homes nowadays. Your parents face so many difficulties to operates the bathroom’s lights and an exhaust fan at night time. Sometimes they forget to use an exhaust fan. So if they use motion sensors in their bathroom and dressing then it will be very easy to operate lights for them. When they enter in bathrooms, by sensing human body motion, the sensor will activate and lights get on. When they leave the bathroom, lights automatically get off. So no need to find a switchboard from your parents.
4. Voice assistant control.
Elders can use all the appliances of their home through voice command. They can use Alexa or google home or any other smart speakers for that. They just have to give a voice command like, ‘Alexa, Turn on living lights’. So it will be very easier for them to operate all the devices like lights, fans, AC, Multimedia, etc.
5. Video doorbell and digital door lock integration.
When you are at your home, there are so many people who come to your home in your day to day life like our family members, guests, service providers, servants, etc. So if your elders are alone at home then it will be very difficult to manage all the people. Video door phones and digital door lock are the best solutions for them. You can integrate your main door digital lock with a video door phone screen. So that they can easily access the door from their mobile or VDP screen or VDP remote. As a visitor presses the bell, the Video Door Phone screen starts. You can watch & talk to the visitor from there. It simplifies the visitor management. You can talk with a visitor from the kitchen or bedroom or living and you can also open the door without going to door.
6. Home security when elders are alone at home.
When elders are alone at home, then they can manage main door visitors with the help of video door phones and digital lock. But they can’t manage all the entry points of the home like other doors and windows. There is a solution to secure other entry points with the help of door sensors and window sensors. If elders are alone at home then you can activate all the sensors and if someone tries to enter in the home through other entry points, then the big alarm will ring at home and all the family members get a notification, call or SMS at a time so that someone can reach for the help as soon as possible and can prevent the unwanted event.
7. Timer-based control for curtains.
It will be so difficult to operate heavy curtains manually for elders. Sometimes they forgot to open or close curtains. So there is a solution for that. You can use curtain motors and automation modules to operate curtains from remote or you can set curtain open and close time. For example, if you wake up at morning 6:00 AM, then you can set that time and curtains will automatically open at 6:00 AM every morning. And if High Sunlight comes at 10:30 AM, the system will close the curtains at that time. It may make the life of elders better.
8. Make quick and easy calls from anywhere in the house with smart assistants.
Alexa or Google home are brilliant communicator, loaded with features for talking to your friends and family. Alexa or Google home can make a great home intercom system, and you can also use Alexa Calling to make phone calls. Alexa enables you to speak to anyone in the home – to see what time dinner’s ready, whether the kids are in from school, or even to demand the delivery of a cup of tea upstairs. Elders can easily make a call without touching mobile through Alexa.
9. Track your health with smart health-monitoring systems—and send results automatically.
Taking care of elderly parents also means taking care of their health. We may keep monitoring serious health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, or diabetes. Wearable biomedical sensors monitor blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, and other vital signs, allowing both seniors and caregivers to respond to medical emergencies quickly. Knowing about critical condition earlier will have more lives and avoid their pains.
10. Get automatic reminders to take essential medications and never miss a pill or dose.
Ensuring that medication is taken on time and in the right amounts is one of the challenges of aging parent care, as a parent may forget whether they took important medication. A smart-assistant routine can remind seniors when they need to take medication or let them know whether they already took those medicines. Smart pillboxes—which link to other smart devices—also help maintain safe and regular medication routines.
We hope this blog is useful to you. All solutions are very useful for elders to make their life easier and comfortable. All the solutions will definitely help elders to reduce trouble in their day to day life. You may visit other pages to make your home really a “Dream Home”.
